Viscous Rayleigh-Taylor instability in spherical geometry

KO Mikaelian - Physical Review E, 2016 - APS
We consider viscous fluids in spherical geometry, a lighter fluid supporting a heavier one.
Chandrasekhar [QJ Mech. Appl. Math. 8, 1 (1955) 10.1093/qjmam/8.1. 1] analyzed this …

Rayleigh–Taylor instability at spherical interfaces between viscous fluids: The fluid/fluid interface

G Terrones, T Heberling - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Through the computation of the most-unstable modes, we perform a systematic analysis of
the linear Rayleigh–Taylor instability at a spherical interface separating two different …

Rayleigh-Taylor instability in finite-thickness fluids with viscosity and surface tension

KO Mikaelian - Physical Review E, 1996 - APS
Abstract We consider the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in two finite-thickness fluids including
the effects of viscosity and surface tension. The eight equations expressing boundary …

Explicit growth rates for the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in exponential density profiles

KO Mikaelian - Physical Review A, 1989 - APS
Abstract We consider the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in exponential density profiles and
derive two approximate expressions for the growth rate that are explicit and involve only the …

Rayleigh–Taylor instability of superposed barotropic fluids

BK Shivamoggi - Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Effects of compressibility on Rayleigh–Taylor instability of superposed fluids are
considered. The density is allowed to vary with pressure under the barotropy assumption …

Rayleigh-Taylor instability under an inclined plane

PT Brun, A Damiano, P Rieu, G Balestra, F Gallaire - Physics of Fluids, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We revisit the canonical Rayleigh-Taylor instability and investigate the case of a thin film of
fluid upon the underside of an inclined plane. The presence of a natural flow along the plane …

Comment on “Viscous Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Experiments at High Pressure and Strain Rate”

AR Piriz, JJ López Cela, NA Tahir - Physical review letters, 2010 - APS
Comment on ‘‘Viscous Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Experiments at High Pressure and Strain
Rate’’ In a recent Letter HS Page 1 Comment on ‘‘Viscous Rayleigh-Taylor Instability …

Rayleigh-Taylor instability at spherical interfaces between viscous fluids: Fluid/vacuum interface

G Terrones, MD Carrara - Physics of Fluids, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
For a spherical interface of radius R separating two different homogeneous regions of
incompressible viscous fluids under the action of a radially directed acceleration, we perform …

Compressibility effects on the Rayleigh-Taylor instability between miscible fluids

MA Lafay, B Le Creurer, S Gauthier - Europhysics Letters, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The linear Rayleigh-Taylor problem for two miscible compressible viscous fluids is
solved for the first time. A wide range of parameter values is investigated. Two main …

Effects of viscosity on the growth of Rayleigh–Taylor instability

YG Cao, HZ Guo, ZF Zhang, ZH Sun… - Journal of Physics A …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Using Zufiria's potential flow model with a point source in the velocity potential, we
investigate the effects of viscosity on the growth of the bubble in Rayleigh–Taylor instability …